W.W. Norton & Company

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking an Associate Editor for its Biology college textbooks. The Biology team is a highly collaborative group, so the Associate Editor will work closely with the Discipline Editors, Media Editors, Content Development Specialist, Editorial Assistant, and Marketing Manager. The Associate Editor will be responsible for the timely planning and execution of multiple Biology textbook revisions each year.

Essential Job Responsibilities Include:

• Developing a deeper understanding of the market for college course materials and the diverse needs of biology instructors and students throughout the country.
• Planning, developing, and implementing pedagogically useful and innovative content for teaching, learning, and assessment.
• Working with budgets and development timelines to correspond with editorial, sales, and production schedules and the needs of the market.
• Communicating with authors and biologists on a wide variety of editorial projects.
• Soliciting feedback from the market through surveys, reviews, and interviews and incorporating this feedback into current and future editorial projects.
• Collaborating with the discipline editors, media editors, editorial assistant, project editors, and others on the book team to manage projects in all stages of editorial development and production.
• Professionally interacting with authors, college faculty, and graduate students, and effectively communicating ideas to colleagues including the college department editorial board and the advertising and marketing departments.
• Attending one or more academic conferences each year.

Please note - this job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Employment eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required.
• Must be able to work from Norton’s New York City Headquarters.
• Strong candidates for this position will be detail-oriented and self-motivated, with some experience managing projects independently.
• This position requires a keen interest in the teaching and learning needs of college instructors and students.
• Communication internally and externally is core to this role, so candidates should be effective oral and written communicators.
• This position is in Biology but may offer opportunities to work on projects outside that discipline as department needs shift.
• Candidates should demonstrate a "can-do" attitude and be proactive and flexible

Compensation and Benefits*

Currently available benefits include:

• Annual compensation for this position is $52,000-$58,000. All salaries and salary ranges posted by Norton may vary depending on experience, skills, location, and like considerations.
• Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and summer Friday afternoons beginning in July
• Generous health benefits, including PPO and EPO medical insurance options, vision insurance, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care and commuter, gym membership reimbursement, and more. Coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children is available.
• Profit-Sharing and 401(k) benefit plan with discretionary contribution matching by employer
• Disability and life insurances
• FMLA, parental and other leave
• Employee Assistance Program (for mental health, financial planning, and other needs)
• Company-provided laptop
• Employee discounts on Norton books
• Limited matching of employee donations to select non-profit organizations

*All policies and benefits described are subject to change at any time.

W. W. Norton & Company is the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees. W. W. Norton & Company strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to “publish books not for a single season, but for the years.”  In college publishing, that imperative applies not only to books, but also to an ever-growing list of essential print and digital resources that support teaching and learning. For more information about the Company, visit us online at: http://www.wwnorton.com.  

W. W. Norton & Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment with W. W. Norton is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, age, color, sex, religion, veteran status, national origin, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the human resource manager.